Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1015-1022 , May 2010

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Transurethral Resection of the Prostate Versus Minimally Invasive Procedures for the Treatment of Benign Prostatic Obstruction

  • Natasha Burke

      Affiliations

    • Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Natasha Burke, Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute, 25 Main St W, Suite 2000, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8P 1H1
    • ,
  • J. Paul Whelan

      Affiliations

    • McMaster Institute of Urology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Linda Goeree

      Affiliations

    • Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Robert B. Hopkins

      Affiliations

    • Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Kaitryn Campbell

      Affiliations

    • Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Ron Goeree

      Affiliations

    • Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • ,
  • Jean-Eric Tarride

      Affiliations

    • Programs for Assessment of Technology in Health (PATH) Research Institute, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
    • Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University; Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Received 24 March 2009 ,Accepted 6 August 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)02343-7

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.08.015

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1015-1022 , May 2010

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